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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae | Unionini | Unio tumidus

nominal species Unio macrorhynchus Borcherding, 1889

Unio macrorhynchus Borcherding, 1889 = Unio tumidus

Borcherding, 1889. Abh. Naturw. Ver. Bremen 10: 342, pl. 4, figs. 3-3b.
(homonym of Unio macrorhynchus Locard, 1882; renamed Unio borcherdingi Locard, 1889)

= Unio tumidus

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Unio tumidus tumidus Retzius, 1788 — Haas, 1969

+ Unio borcherdingi (Bgt.) Locard, 1889 — Westerlund, 1890

+ Unio borcherdingi Bourguignat — Kobelt, 1890

+ Unio (Villœana) [sic] borcherdingi Bourguignat — Locard, 1889

 
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